Nowadays, when people were short of money, they naturally went to financial institutions to borrow it.
After searching around, this woman found just such a company. Fortunately, in order to operate, companies like these clearly listed their interest rates and explained them to borrowers, so she did not take out a loan.
Yet a week later, two more of these mutual-aid companies transferred a certain amount of Malaysian Ringgit into the woman's account. Then they Made a Phone Call and told her she needed to make monthly repayments, leaving her utterly baffled!
She had never borrowed from those companies; she had merely asked around. Yet something so bizarre had happened? But after she returned the money and informed them, she received threats instead.
As for why they could transfer money into her account, it was because she had given them her account information during her consultation.
Just like that, two or three months later, the woman owed them tens of thousands of Malaysian Ringgit—and that was despite her having returned the money to them.
This was an ordinary case of someone getting scammed in Malaysia. Chen Mo was speechless when he saw it.
However, now that he was posing as a local native, he naturally had to pay these mutual-aid companies a visit.
But at the entrance, the company's volunteer guard stopped him and asked, "What are you here for?"
Chen Mo could not understand Malay, but he could speak English, so he replied in English, "What did you ask?"
The security guard could speak English as well, so he asked again directly. In Malaysia, many people were bilingual. Most Malaysians spoke both Malay and English; that was basic stuff.
"Oh! Things have been a little tight lately, and I need some money to tide me over, so I came